Catholic League: Abortion = Black Genocide

By Catholic League
2/26/2011
Catholic League for Religious and Civil Rights (www.catholicleague.org/)

Catholic League President Bill Donohue commented on the critics of the billboard Thursday

Life Always says it wants to raise public awareness of Planned Parenthood's war on black people. Good for them. Margaret Sanger, who founded the organization, made no secret of her racist agenda to wipe out the "weeds" in the African American community

'Life Always' Billboard in New York City

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NEW YORK, NY (Catholic League) - A pro-life group, Life Always, has displayed a huge billboard in the SoHo section of New York City that shows a picture of a young black girl with the inscription, "The most dangerous place for an African American is in the womb." It has created a firestorm in New York City.

The organization responsible for the billboard has the strong backing of prominent African Americans; they chose to display their message during Black History Month. Rev. Stephen Broden, an African American who heads Life Always, says he wants to protest abortion as black genocide.

Catholic League president Bill Donohue commented on the critics of the billboard Thursday:

"Life Always says it wants to raise public awareness of Planned Parenthood's war on black people. Good for them. Margaret Sanger, who founded the organization, made no secret of her racist agenda to wipe out the "weeds" in the African American community.

"To this day, a disproportionate number of Planned Parenthood's abortion clinics are located in minority neighborhoods, their largest cheerleaders being affluent white liberals who perversely boast of championing the cause of the black poor.

"Nationally, blacks, who make up 13 percent of the population, account for over one-third of all the abortions. In New York City, where over four out of ten children are killed before birth, the rate of abortion among black women is 60 percent. But killing six in ten black babies isn't enough to satisfy some affluent white liberals-they want more.

"New York City Council Speaker Christine Quinn does not find black genocide offensive-she finds the billboard offensive. Worse is Bill de Blasio, who in the name of being New York's Public Advocate, is advocating that the billboard be taken down. He says, "The billboard simply doesn't belong in our city. The ad violates the values of New Yorkers."

"The values he is so proud of include the devaluing of innocent human life, making New York City the abortion capital of the nation."

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The Catholic League is the nation's largest Catholic civil rights organization. Founded in 1973 by the late Father Virgil C. Blum, S.J., the Catholic League defends the right of Catholics � lay and clergy alike � to participate in American public life without defamation or discrimination. It is led by its' President, William A. Donohue, Ph.D.

Keywords: Abortion, Black Genocide, Catholic League, Bill Donohue, Life Always

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2 years ago
mikem, if you have the chance to view old documentary films on Martin Luther King Jr and the Civil Rights Marches, check to see who is marching with him. That's right, you will see Catholic Priests walking arm-n-arm with him. The Catholic Church has been engaged with the Black Community for the last hundred years. You are right about the geographics, demographics, and the Blacks were largely captivated by the protestants. This didn't stop the church from being involved with the Black Community.
John from Nebraska
2 years ago
@ Mikem: thanks for the reality check and the exhortation. Regarding the billboard, it's been taken down according to a local article in the NYTimes (http://cityroom.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/02/24/anti-abortion-billboard-to-be-removed/?apage=3). I was shocked to hear that 60% of black babies are aborted. Pray Pray Pray.
mikem
2 years ago
less than 1 percent of African-Americans are Catholic. The Church hasn't bothered very much, and hasn't been very much interested in sharing the Eucharist with blacks, evangelizing them, or inviting them to be Catholic. That's mostly because our Church in America was of immigrant origin, and competitive versus the blacks for getting jobs (Irish, Italian, Polish etc). That segues easily into racist exclusionary attitudes. Besides most Catholic immigrants to the United States did not settle in southern slave states, and were somewhat removed from the vast bulk of the African population. So most black Christians are Baptists, and now Evangelicals (because they have responded to being evangelized by evangelical denominations.) Certainly the Catholic Church has well PRE-evangelized the Afro-American community through her social service programs - it's WAY PAST TIME to get on our horse and address directly the black community's thirst for the Water of Life.
Scott
2 years ago
Than you Life Always and Catholic League!!!
davide
2 years ago
You watch and see if someone doesn't demand this billboard to be taken down...prolly by a progressive black politician...watch and see....
vance
2 years ago
Black Genocide indeed. This is what Margaret Sanger envisioned with her "Negro Project" during the 1930's. Yes, Abortion is genocide and we don't need to look up genocide in the dictionary to know what it means. Vote out the Marxist Democrat Party.
D
2 years ago
YAY!! God please bless these people and their work.
Sandy
2 years ago
What is really a shame is that the black liberals helped to cause this situation. Dr. Martin Luther King supported Planned Parenthood and received awards from them.

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